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[5] Design for an unknown terraced house, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/58
Purpose
[5] Design for an unknown terraced house, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of a house as Adam volume 32/57, but with windows instead of niches in the end bays, and containing bedrooms and dressing rooms
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plans of a House for Lord Ducie (in the hand of William Adam) / Plan of the Two pair Story / Alcove Bed Chamber / Alcove Bed Chamber / Anti Room or Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room and some measurements given (verso) This to be placed Thirteenth Fifteenth (in red pen) / Lord Ducie
Signed and dated
- 1772
Robt Adam Archt 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (315 x 501)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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